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"This city of Houston, this state of Texas, this country of the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward—and so will space.
"There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again.
"But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal?
"And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
"Why does Rice play Texas?
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon... we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard
"because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills
"because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept
"one we are unwilling to postpone
"and one which we intend to win
"and the others, too."
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